Railroad-tie



(Na Model.)

I. G. HOWELL.

RAILROAD TIB.

No. 390,370. Patented Oct. 2, 1888.

IN VENTOR ATTORNEYS.

TAES

ISRAEL G. HOWELL, OF HOPEVELL, NEW J ERSEY.

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SPEIFIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 390,370, dated October 2, 1888.

Application filed June 8, 1888.

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Be it known that I, IsRAnL G. Ho'WnLL, of Hopewell, in the county of Mereer and State of New Jersey, have invented al new and useful Improvernent in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a'full, clear, and exact description.

This invention rclates to railroad-ties which are made of metal and are recessed near their ends to receive the fiange, foot part, or base portions of the rails within them, also to receive looking` blocks or keys made to hold the rails both sidewise and downward to their places, alike for the purpose of giving` increased durability to the ties apart from their fire-proof character, as well as to secure greater stability to the pernianent Way and to preserve the proper gage or distanee of the parallel rails of a track apart, together with increased facility for taking up or replacing the rails as required and dispensing with indepcndent chairs. t

Myinrention, which is an improvelnent upon this description of railway-ties and the means used in connection therewith to hold the rails to their places in the ties, consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, snbstantially as hereinafter deseribed, and pointed out in the clai ms, and whereby the objects sought to be obtained as above are very perfectly seen red.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding,` parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal side view of a railroad-tie With the two rails of a track in transverse section and fastenings applied to hold said rails in place, all in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a Vertical transverse section upon the line w m in Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 is a plan or top view.

A A indicate the rails of a railway-track, and B one of the ties. These ties are made of either iron or steel, and are constructed near both of their ends each with a main recess, b,

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across their upper faces, and with a sub-recess, c, in and ce-ntrally across the bottom of the main recess. Thelast-named rccesses, c, are of a corresponding width and depth With the flange, foot, or base portions d of the rails, so as to receive said foot portions snugly within them, and Whereby the rails are largely supported independently of or in addition to the support given to them by looking' Wedges or blocks O O, which are arranged to fit the main recess b on each side of either rail and to enter by their reduced or tapered ends e within an overlapping lip, f, at each end of the main recess b, and which wedges or blocks are constructed to bear upon orover thelower flanges, cl, of the rails and up against their webS g, thns, in connection with the recessed portions c of the ties, holding the rails secux'ely in place.

To 'prevent the wedges or locking-blocks O O from working loose or out of place, saddles D, having eyes h at their ends, are fitted over said blocks within grooves 'i in their upper faces and pins k passed through the ties and eyes h of the saddles and clinched or bentover at their ends to prevent their accidental detachment.

Having thus described my invention, what I elaim as new-7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the tie JB, having' main upper rccesses, b b, provided with overlapping end lips,ff, the sub-rail-holding recessesp c, and the rail-loeking,` wedges or blocks C O, ofsaddle like fastenings adapted to hold said Wedges or blocks to their places, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the saddles D D, having eyes h at their ends, and the pins k k,with the tie B, having,` main upper rccesses, b, lips ff, and sub-rail-holding rccesses c, and the i'aitlocking Wedges or blocks O C, essentially as specified.

ISREL G. HOWELL. lVitnesses:

DAVID P. VooRHEEs, J Arms G. VAN OLnvn. 

